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C2 products (ethylene and vinyl chloride) and its production. Bio-catalytic processes: Enzymes & enzymatic reactions (kinetics,
C3 products (propylene, isopropylene and acrylic acid) and its substrate selectivity, activity, isolation & purification); Application of
production. enzymes, fermentation and cell cultures in chemistry.
C4 products (butylene and MTBE) and its production. Aromatic
products (benzene, toluene and xylene) and its production. Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40%
Conversion of benzene into ethylbenzene; styrene; cumene; Final examination: 60%
phenol; acetone; bisphenol A; polycarbonate; aniline and
nitrobenzene.
Conversion of toluene into toluene diisocyanate; methylene SIC3051 APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY
diphenyl diisocyanate; polyurethane.
Conversion of xylene into phthalic anhydride, terephthalic acid and Three electrode electrochemical cell: Working electrode, counter
dimethyl terephthalate. electrode, reference electrode, I-V plot.
Electrode kinetics (Butler-Volmer equation, Tafel equation).
Selected petrochemicals production mechanism as such are Electrochemical double layer, electrode-electrolyte interface,
discussed: propylene oxide (Dow Process); cyclohexane oxidation Faradaic and non-Faradaic currents.
to cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol; cumene oxidation to phenol Mass transport in electrochemistry: Diffusion, ionic migration,
and acetone; acetaldehyde oxidation to acetic acid and acetic convection. The Nernst diffusion layer. Electroanalytical techniques
anhydride. 1: Voltammetry. Electroanalytical techniques 2: Chrono and pulse
methods: Differential pulse voltammetry, square wave voltammetry.
Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40% Electroplating: Describe, define and contrast different types of
Final examination: 60% deposition techniques. Identify and describe advantages and
disadvantages of electroplating.

Battery and fuel cells: Describe fundamentals and analyze
SIC3048 PROCESS CHEMISTRY components of a battery, charge and discharge of battery, types of
battery, types of fuel cells. Compare and contrast different types of
Material balances (flowsheet, general balance equation, material batteries and fuel cells.
balance techniques, multiple unit balances, chemical reactions).
Corrosion: Describe “corrosion cell”. Describe, define and compare
Energy balances (energy balance equations, estimation of enthalpy different of types of corrosion in industry. Describe, explain and
changes, reactive systems, energy balance equations). define types of corrosion protection.

Fluid Flow (types of fluids, flow regimes, balance equations). Electrochemical sensors: Describe, define and compare
potentiometric and amperometric sensors, identify factors for a
Heat Transfer (mechanism, shell and tube heat exchanger). good electrochemical sensor, describe examples of
electrochemical sensors.
Process Control (objectives, control loop, measuring devices,
controllers, final control element, computer control). Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40%
Software systems to design, analyse and troubleshoot flow system. Final examination: 60%

Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40% SIC3052 CATALYSIS
Final examination: 60%
Principles of catalysis, Importance and implication of catalysts in a
reaction.
SIC3049 FOOD CHEMISTRY
Introduction of reactors used in catalytic reaction: batch, continuous
Introduction to food chemistry. Role of water in food. Important stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and plug flow reactors.
components in food: carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, proteins;
chemical transformations of food during storage, transportation, Homogeneous catalysis: Metal complex and non-metal catalyst in
processing, and preparation. Food metabolism. liquid phase, related industrial processes.

Assessment Weightage: Biocatalysts: Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic biocatalyst, related
Continuous assessment: 40% industrial processes.
Final examination: 60%
Heterogeneous catalyst: Catalytic function and structure, catalyst
design, catalysis synthetic methods. Catalyst performance and
SIC3050 NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL causes for the deactivation, mass transfer, related industrial
PROCESSES processes.

Introduction of the important roles and classes of natural products. Assessment Weightage:
Extraction and separation methods for natural products. Continuous assessment: 40%
Final examination: 60%
Application of spectroscopic methods (NMR and MS) for structural
elucidation of natural products.